herman de vries. mail art project, 1973

Series of 5 postcards, 10.5 x 14.8 cm. With collaged paper strips featuring an image of plants and handwritten text on recto. Verso with address information, postmarked. Unique mail art project sent to Frans Haks from Eschenau. The cards were mailed in sequence, on Jan. 5, 6 and 22, Feb. 2, and Oct. 3 1973.

In the early 1970s Frans Haks (1938-2006), was in charge of the Modern Art department of the Art Historical Institute at Utrecht University, and later became director of the Groninger Museum. This set derives from a private collection in Amsterdam. Reference: hdv 1972.083.a-e, filed under 1972, though the year mentioned on the cards is 1973.